Meet Cynthia Hamilton, Author of Finding Ruth
By Cynthia Hamilton It took a life-altering crisis to make me realize that despite having known my mom for 50+ years, I didn’t know who she was as a person in her
By Cynthia Hamilton It took a life-altering crisis to make me realize that despite having known my mom for 50+ years, I didn’t know who she was as a person in her
By Elaine Pereira, MA OTR/L CDC DP My mother’s was a story that needed to be told. She was a kind, brilliant and talented woman all of my life until dementia took hold
By Cathie Borrie In an almost Zen-like poetic form, my mother revealed the changing landscape of her mind: “Listen, Cathie . . . a bird!” “What are the birds saying?’ “They’re chirping.”
By Ann Campanella In my early 30s, I learned that life can change direction when you least expect it. My husband Joel and I had moved from Houston to North Carolina in
By Jana Panarites On a Monday night in November 2009, I had what turned out to be the last conversation I would ever have with my father. He and my mother had
By Judith Henry What was your motivation to write about your experience as a caregiver? I believe some of our most profound lessons come, not from books, but from being there for
By Marcee Corn Unclaimed Baggage is our personal story about Martha, our mother, and her journey through life and ultimately through Alzheimer’s disease. Our account is told in snippets of anecdotes from
By Marsha L. Burris My parents raised four children in a small community located near Charlotte, NC where they were active in social and church affairs. Jim coached Little League and Rusty
By Shannon O’Donnell In the late 1990s, I joined a writers’ group. The rules were simple: “Bring three pages, double-spaced, to read. Ask for the critique you want.” I wanted to write,
By Candace Minor Comstock In the winter of 2007, I found myself with a rare commodity, time. Major change had come my way as my role of mother had altered, and my
